The Best Years of Our Lives – Overview
Still the best of Hollywood’s Coming Home films and among the greatest American produced ensemble pieces, there is good reason why the film won seven Academy Awards.
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Articles by Wyatt Kingseed
Hollywood Got It Wrong
Wyatt Kingseed takes a look at some of the most egregious instances in the genre of directors tinkering to improve ticket sales.
Read MoreA. P. Hill – Lee’s Enigmatic General
A man of contradictions – both in character and action – A.P. Hill, like his mentor, Lee, abhorred slavery. And like Lee, he resigned his federal commission to serve his native state.
Read MoreFilms of the Cold War
Wyatt Kingseed takes a look at some of the best films to emerge from Hollywood that dealt with the topic of the Cold War – filled with tension, drama, intrigue and sometimes humor.
Read MoreThe Impossible Mission Films
A long-time staple of Hollywood action films set in wartime is the Impossible Mission. A small group of highly-trained soldiers and assassins attempt an extraordinarily difficult operation behind enemy lines.
Read MoreFilms of the First World War
World War I films have a commonality – senseless mass charges into machine-gun fire, tangles of barbed wire, clouds of poison gas, and denuded landscapes.
Read MoreA Salute to John Wayne
Fellow actor Jimmy Stewart said that John Wayne stamped AMERICA across the face of the motion picture industry. Quite a tribute.
Read MoreThe Virginius
We take a look at the details of the “Virginius Incident” which, in November 1873, nearly sparked a war between the United States of America and Spain.
Read MoreChristmas 1863
Like all major conflicts of any duration, the American Civil War took its participants on a wild roller coaster ride of emotions and hope. Never was this truer than December 1863.
Read MoreWinfield Scott Hancock – A Forgotten Legacy
By any measure, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock was one of the North’s finest generals, a genuine hero. When a tough job needed to be done, more often than not Hancock got the call.
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